Guaranteed to Raise a Smile

Photograph by Mirco Balboni , National Geographic Your Shot

Musicians relax after a daylong photo shoot near the town of Renazzo in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. My intention was to capture the joy that these guys have making music together, writes Mirco Balboni, a member of our Your Shot community. The members of the band kept playing and joking as they entered the field. At that point, I saw that the situation was perfect the evening light was great and they were carefree in the field, as if they were still children. I saw the happiness in their faces and the joy of playing together.

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